SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS PROGRAMME
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Care Dependency Grant
If you are the parent, guardian, foster parent or custodian of any child between the ages of 1 year old and 18 years old who needs full-time care because of mental or physical disability, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a ...  > 
Combating Fraud and Corruption in the Social Security System
"Fraud Costs You Money. See it, Report it, Stop it!" ...  > 
Disability Grants
If you are an adult (18 years or older) who is not able to work because of a mental or physical disability, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a disability grant. You can get a permanent grant if your disability will ...  > 
Grant for Caring for a Young Child (Child Support Grant)
If you are the person responsible for looking after a child (you are the child's primary caregiver) and the child is younger than 18 years old, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a Child Support Grant.  > 
Grant for Fostering a Child (Foster Child Grant)
A foster child is a child who is removed from their parents and legally placed in the care of foster parents, in terms of the Child Care Act. If you have been appointed a foster parent by a court, you can get a monthly ...  > 
Grant for Someone Who Needs Full-time Care (Grant-in-Aid)
If you are already receiving an old age, disability or war veteran's grant and you are unable to care for yourself, to the point where you need full-time care from someone else, then you may get an additional monthly payment from the ...  > 
Old Age Pension (Old Persons Grant)
Who Can Apply for the Old Persons Grant? The Means Test, Old Persons Grant Value, Applying for the Grant, Enquiries ...  > 
Social Relief of Distress
Social Relief of Distress is a temporary grant of assistance intended for someone in such need that they are unable to meet their or their families' most basic needs. In order to qualify for Social Relief of Distress, the applicant must comply with one or ...  > 
Social Services Helpline
Citizens can contact the toll-free South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Helpline on 0800 601 011 for queries relating to: pay-out dates, qualifying criteria for all government grants, District Offices' address and contact numbers, help in following up grant applications, calls relating to fraud ...  > 
War Veteran's Grants
If you 60 years or over and you served in the Second World War (1939-1945) or the Korean War (1950-53), you may get a war veteran's grant. You must be a citizen of South Africa and living in South Africa at the time of applying ...  > 
The content on this page was last updated on 10 April 2012